Antique glass - straw opal champagne glass Powell c1880

Code: 11595

Dimensions:

Rare straw opal champagne glass with optical ribbing. Designed by Harry Powell Whitefriars c1880. 

Condition: Very good condition. 

Rim:    10.2 cm. 

Foot:     6.5 cm.

Note: Straw opal is a pale milky yellow glass developed by Harry Powell between 1877 - 1879. Ingrediants such as arsenic, bone ash and uranium were added to make the glass heat-sensitive, so when cooled in localised areas and then reheated the parts which had been cooled turned opalescent. 

Marris Antiques - I have been a specialist antique glass dealer since 1986.  My stock consists of a wide range of antique 18th and 19th century English and Irish glass including antique drinking glasses, rummers, tumblers, decanters, coloured glass and a selection of late 19th & early 20th century Whitefriars glass. My website displays a small selection of my glass, however, if you are looking for something specific and cannot find it, please do not hesitate to contact me direct form my website contact page,  Email mail@marrisantiqueglass.com or Telephone: +44 (0)7841 500644.